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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 19:12

Animal rights, pet book sales grow in domestic market

Animal rights, pet book sales grow in domestic market

Nearly one out of four Koreans - or 14.48 million according to the 2021 KB Management Institute's survey report - live with animal companions. As the number of pet owners is on the rise, so are the sales of books on animal rights and pet culture in the domestic market, according to Yes24, one of the country's leading online bookstores.

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-29 07:35

Seoul Int'l Writers' Festival to present lineup of global literary heavyweights

Seoul Int'l Writers' Festival to present lineup of global literary heavyweights

A number of global literary heavyweights who have won awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, Hugo Award and the National Book Award, among other prestigious accolades, will land in Korea for the upcoming Seoul International Writers' Festival (SIWF). First launched in 2006 as a platform for fruitful literary exchanges between Korean and international authors and readers, SIWF will...

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-18 16:41

Lebanese-born French author to be awarded Park Kyung-ni prize

Lebanese-born French author to be awarded Park Kyung-ni prize

Lebanese-born French novelist Amin Maalouf has been named this year's recipient of the Park Kyung-ni Literary Prize, the award's organizer, the Toji Cultural Foundation announced, Wednesday.

Park Han-sol | 2022-09-07 16:23

Graphic novel 'The Waiting' nominated for Harvey Award

Graphic novel 'The Waiting' nominated for Harvey Award

Graphic novelist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's “The Waiting,” which tells the heart-wrenching story of families forcibly separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, has been nominated for this year's prestigious Harvey Awards. The Harvey Awards have celebrated quality comic books, graphic novels and manga since its establishment in 1988 to commemorate the literary achievements of Harvey...

Park Han-sol | 2022-08-17 18:05

Popularity of 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' pushes up sales of drama script book

Popularity of 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' pushes up sales of drama script book

The script book of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is expecting high sales following the popularity of the ongoing TV series. Yes24, one of Korea's leading online bookstores, said Friday that it has received reservations for more than 5,000 copies combined of the two-volume screenplay book in just 20 hours since reservations started on Thursday afternoon.

Kim Rahn | 2022-08-13 10:35

Star novelist's 'Harbin' on Korean independence fighter becomes bestseller

Star novelist's 'Harbin' on Korean independence fighter becomes bestseller

Kim Hoon's latest book, “Harbin,” on independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910), has become a new bestseller in major local online bookstores. Published on Aug. 3 ahead of the 77th anniversary of Liberation Day on Aug. 15, the novel has climbed to the top of the bestseller lists of both YES24 and Kyobo Books for the first week of August

Park Han-sol | 2022-08-12 14:05

'Pachinko' author Min Jin Lee credits Korean Wave for her success

'Pachinko' author Min Jin Lee credits Korean Wave for her success

Min Jin Lee, the author of historical novel "Pachinko," on Monday gave credit to artists behind the Korean Wave for the wide recognition of her works and other Korean American novels in the United States.

2022-08-08 17:26

Popularity of film, TV adaptations lead to surging book sales

Popularity of film, TV adaptations lead to surging book sales

Films and TV series that became hits are also taking the publishing industry by storm, leading to a surge in sales of related publications including script books and original novels. The screenplay book of the romance mystery film “Decision to Leave” has topped the bestsellers' list for two consecutive weeks on YES24, one of the country's leading online bookstores, even befor...

Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-08-03 15:21

Author criticizes agencies for cashing in on int'l adoption

Author criticizes agencies for cashing in on int'l adoption

Being lauded as “heroes” during Korea's industrialization period, manufacturing workers were commonly portrayed as a key driving force behind Korea's dramatic rise from a war-torn country to one of the world's fastest-growing economies in the 1970s. Although their contribution was forgotten, however, there is another unknown group of people who also played a part in Korea's r...

Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-07-28 08:36

12 award-winning Korean authors to hold talks with overseas readers

12 award-winning Korean authors to hold talks with overseas readers

As a string of translated Korean literary works continue to gain global recognition, online and in-person book talks joined by 12 award-winning Korean writers will travel across the world until the end of this year. Hosted by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea), the 2022 K-Literature Talks program consists of 12 dialogue sessions between best-selling Kor...

Park Han-sol | 2022-07-26 16:48

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